Imphal, May 14 -- A 33-year-old man from the Kuki-Zo community was arrested on Tuesday in Churachandpur district of Manipur, for allegedly smuggling illegal drugs into the state from Myanmar, police officials confirmed on Wednesday.

Acting on cross-border intelligence inputs, a dedicated anti-drug team from the Manipur Police launched a swift operation that led to the arrest of the suspect and the seizure of a significant quantity of contraband.

The accused, identified as Mungsanglian alias David, a resident of Vaal Veng village in Churachandpur, was apprehended during the raid at Lanva Village.

During the operation, the police recovered 112 soap cases containing suspected brown sugar. The total weight of the seized narcotics, excludin...